Highly stabilized protocrystalline silicon multilayer solar cell using a silicon-carbide double p-layer structure

被引:40
作者
Myong, SY
Kwon, SW
Lim, KS
Konagai, M
机构
[1] Korea Adv Inst Sci & Technol, Dept Elect Engn & Comp Sci, Taejon 305701, South Korea
[2] TIT, Dept Phys Elect, Meguro Ku, Tokyo 1528552, Japan
关键词
pc-Si : H multilayer solar cell; double p-layer structure; photo-CVD; hydrogen dilution; light-induced metastability;
D O I
10.1016/j.solmat.2004.04.009
中图分类号
TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];
学科分类号
0807 ; 0820 ;
摘要
We have investigated a pin-type protocrystalline silicon (pc-Si:H) multilayer solar cell fabricated by employing a silicon-carbide double p-layer structure and a layered structure of multilayer processing through alternate H, dilution. The initial conversion efficiency is drastically improved by incorporating a hydrogen-diluted boron-doped amorphous silicon-carbide (p-a-SICA) buffer layer at the p/i interface. Remarkably, the pc-Si:H multilayer absorber exhibits superior light-induced metastability to a conventional amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) absorber. Therefore, we have successfully achieved a highly stabilized efficiency of 9.0% without using any back reflector. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:133 / 140
页数:8
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